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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Google Friend Connect is gone. Now even the widget is gone. Feed is always an option, but most of the times it is ignored by the readers. We're left with very few options to communicate. To overcome the issues we've created a Group on WhatsApp for Blog-a-Ton and subscription option for personalized reminders.

Monday, August 18, 2014

Sixteen entrants and from them, nine returned to vote for their favorites, despite extending the voting timeline to two weeks. 11 out of 16 entrants garnered at least one vote, which is good to see. Hopefully, in next edition, both the no. of entrants as well as no. of voters will increase. I thank all of you for participating in this edition.

The results of Blog-a-Ton 48, here isthe list of participants and the cheers they garnered:

As evident, here are the three Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

BRONZE BATOM

Congratulations to the well deserved winners (Parvathy, The Little Princess and Jaibala Rao). gkam and Sreeja who were close till the last minute and were tied for BRONZE BATOM till the end of voting. Finally as the marshal of Blog-a-Ton, I chose Jaibala Rao for BRONZE BATOM :) Congratulations to gkam and Sreeja, both of you deserve a big congratulations as well for penning down a fantastic post.

Winners can drop an email to any or all of the marshal id's to claim their badges.. Winners will also be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo. The photographs will be taken from their respective blogger profiles. Keep writing..!!!

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

A Reminder - Have your number of participation reached 10 or 25???Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran or Super Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. Just drop a mail to "marshal@blogaton.in", and "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on August 17, 2014. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 and not 00:00 on August 18, 2014.

The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 48th one. We had 16 entries this time. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!We had 16 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 16 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 48 Favorites.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

Three Cheers to all the Blog-a-Tonics.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. AS PER OUR RULES LISTED IN BLOGATON 2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS NOW DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES. WITH LESS THAN 25 ENTRIES THIS TIME, THE VOTES ALSO REDUCE. In this edition, you can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, OR three. All your votes will carry the same weightage. 3. Your Voting Comment should be as follows:

The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace "BLOGGER NAME" by your name, and "BLOGATON48 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to your BAT48 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace "BLOGATONIC 1 NAME" by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and "BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT48 Entry. Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted.For eg: A valid vote can look like this:I, Vipul, participated. My Blogaton entry is here: http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.htmlI vote for the following:1. Panchali: http://panchalibolchi.blogspot.in/2013/01/land-on-fire.html2. Dilip Patel: http://indiaicaremovement.blogspot.in/2013/01/deaf-world.html3. Karthik : http://unalloyedwritingpleasure.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.html

4. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

5. Post yourvote in the comments section of this post.

6. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

Voting ends at 23:59 (IST) on SUNDAY, August 17, 2014.

I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.

After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them.

A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10 or 25???Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics. Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on August 17, 2014 and not 00:00 on August 18, 2014.

May the best entries in this edition win..!Poetically Yours,Marshal,Sarav

Saturday, August 2, 2014

The dream is having 100 entrants in a single edition! Can we read 100 entrants this time? Spread the word, invite your friends...

Publish the post anytime between 0000 hrs and 23:59 hrs on August 03, 2014 (IST)!

Date for Blog-a-Ton 48 : August 03, 2014

As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 48 has been finalised as:Apology

Please follow theserules while publishing your post and thereafter:

You can choose the title for your post as you wish.

Your post must justify the topic Apology.

The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

<div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton 48</b>; the forty-eighth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>. </blockquote></div>

The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and replace XX with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:

<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2014/08/blogaton48.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Participation Count: XX</blockquote>
</div>

Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.

Remember, you can not post more than ONE entry.

In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting.

Return between August 5th 20:00 IST and August 16th 20:00 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So donot vote till then. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.